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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Morello Hawthorne (ranked 721 p4p, 1744 weight class) and Hugo Mesquita (ranked 55 p4p, 119 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Morello Hawthorne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hugo Mesquita!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mesquita wants to clinch but Hawthorne slips to the side
and Hawthorne decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mesquita's guard.
Mesquita working for a triangle but Hawthorne defends it easily.
Mesquita keeping moving, preventing Hawthorne from controlling successfully.
Hawthorne is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Mesquita is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Mesquita had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hawthorne defends it easily.
Hawthorne postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mesquita tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mesquita has his foot on Hawthorne's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hawthorne works his way back into a safe position though.
Hawthorne wants to control from the top but Mesquita keeps moving.
Hawthorne has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mesquita can't keep his opponent in guard - Hawthorne advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Mesquita is looking to control Hawthorne's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mesquita avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mesquita looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hawthorne is looking to take a break and control but Mesquita is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hawthorne is working for a kimura but Mesquita is defending it quite comfortably.
Mesquita is pressing down on Hawthorne's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mesquita keeping full guard, as Hawthorne tries to pass.
Hawthorne trying to control the position from guard on top but Mesquita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hawthorne slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Mesquita felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Mesquita tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mesquita is still trying to improve position.
Mesquita gets back to half guard.
Mesquita wants to get back to full guard but Hawthorne has passed into side control.
Mesquita is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mesquita is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hawthorne tries to move to mount but Mesquita blocks the move with his legs.
Mesquita gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hawthorne is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mesquita slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hawthorne trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Mesquita manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita connects with a couple of short punches.
Mesquita trying to control but Hawthorne is working from the bottom.
Mesquita throws a big elbow that misses.
Mesquita postures up.
Mesquita stands up over Hawthorne, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hawthorne wants to sweep but no luck.
Mesquita landing some decent shots from guard.
Hawthorne looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mesquita is one step ahead there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mesquita scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hugo Mesquita will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mesquita gets the takedown into side control.
Hawthorne takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Mesquita scoring with punches and elbows.
Hawthorne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hawthorne is working hard here to advance position.
Check out the look on Mesquita's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hawthorne gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Mesquita avoids the attempt from Hawthorne to control.
Mesquita postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hawthorne looks a forlorn figure.
Mesquita has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hawthorne is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mesquita lands a heavy elbow.
Hawthorne tries to lock up and control but Mesquita gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mesquita postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hawthorne looks a forlorn figure.
Mesquita landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hawthorne might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mesquita scoring with strikes but Hawthorne is staying in there.
Mesquita lands a big elbow.
Hawthorne taking shots to the head.
Hawthorne is trying desperately to improve position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawthorne tries to hold on but Mesquita postures up.
Hawthorne is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne wants to control but Mesquita is having none of it.
Mesquita lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mesquita dominating with strikes here.
Mesquita looking to control but Hawthorne is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mesquita raining down shots from the mount!
Mesquita cracks Hawthorne with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mesquita fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hugo Mesquita has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mesquita scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hawthorne?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita landing strikes from the mount and Hawthorne is in trouble!
Hawthorne is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hawthorne in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mesquita has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mesquita working Hawthorne over with strikes here.
Mesquita has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hawthorne's face.
Hawthorne is bucking up trying to escape but Mesquita cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hawthorne is rocked!
Mesquita cracks Hawthorne with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Hawthorne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hawthorne is trying to escape the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mesquita with good strikes from the mount here!
Mesquita loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hawthorne scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Mesquita land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Mesquita stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hugo Mesquita!
Hugo Mesquita is the new bantamweight champion!
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